Vocabulary
The Systematic study of the natural world through observation and experimentaztion in order to formulate general laws
What is Science?
Much of the Egyptian scienctific discoveries were achieved through this: _________ and _________.
What is trial and error?
How tightly packed atoms are in a substance will affect how ________ the substance is.
What is dense?
The father of Life Sciences whose work was the first to classify plants and animals in groups based on their similarities AND who believed in Spontaneous Generation
A well-respected scientist
Who is Aristotle?
Toward the end of the Dark Ages, science began to progress because of a changing worldview, this type of worldview
Christian
An ancient form of paper, made from a plant of the same name
What is papyrus?
The first real scientists are thought to be from where? (during the 6th and and 7th centuries)
What is Greece?
This object in experiment 1.1 was less dense.
What is the ping pong ball?
This scientist studied the heavens and was one of the first to attempt to describe the planets and stars with the EARTH being at the center. (Geocentric system)
Who is Ptolemy?
Alchemists hoped to find a way to turn lead into this
What is gold?
The idea that living organisms can be spontaneously formed from nonliving substances
What is Spontaneous generation?
Egyptian doctors used this to treat patients
What is mold or poppy seeds?
A statement describing what you think will happen in an experiment, an "educated guess", often using an "if/then" statement
What is hypothesis?
True or false?
A lesson learned from Ptolemy and Aristotle is that we should always believe these scientists and others because they were/are so smart and well-respected.
False
Scientists can be wrong
This is so important for scientists to do so others can study their work and further research
What is document?
Lab reports :)
This word means to gain knowledge and was only partly beneficial to the progress of science.
Enlightenment
This invention helped Egyptian doctors easily document information, transport it to other scholars, and store it for future generations.
What is papyrus?
Which scientist thought that all matter was like the sand. Even though it appeared smooth and solid from a distance, it was made up of very small sand particles. Just like all matter is made of atoms.
Who is Democritus?
Science not only depends on scientists, but also depends on ______________ and ____________.
What is government and culture?
Copernicus believed the ________ was the center of the solar system, not the earth.
What is the sun?
A method used to prevent bacteria from spoiling liquids, like milk
What is pasteurization?
This drug was made from moldy bread and helps kill bacteria.
What is penicillin?
T or F? An incorrect hypothesis means your experiment was a bad experiment.
What is false?
You always come out learning something!!!
Science progresses by building on the work of _______
__________.
What is previous scientists?
Who is Newton?